Tonner Tree By tonnel Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jun 16, 2013 Family Timeline Jan 22, 1901 Death Of Queen Victoria She was fat :D Jan 1, 1902 Boer War Ends Jan 1, 1905 1st All-Black Team Jan 1, 1907 NZ Become a Dominion Jan 1, 1911 Ernest Rutherford Indentifies Atomic Structure Jan 1, 1913 Waterfront Strikes Auckland and Wellington Jan 1, 1914 NZ Troops Occupy Samoa WWI Jan 1, 1915 Gallipoli Campaign Jan 1, 1916 Battle of the Somme (WWI) Jan 1, 1917 Russian Revolution Jan 1, 1918 End of WWI Spanish Flu Epidemic Jan 1, 1919 NZ Women Eligible for Election to Parliament Jan 1, 1920 ANZAC Day Established. NZ Governs Samoa Jan 1, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression Jan 1, 1932 Unemployed Riots in Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch Jan 1, 1935 First NZ Labour Government Jan 1, 1936 Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Jan 1, 1937 Japanese Invasion of China Free Milk in Schools Intoduced Jan 1, 1939 Begining WWII Maori Battalion Formed Jan 1, 1940 Germany Invades France Battle of Brittin. NZ Troops Arrive in Egypt Jan 1, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Habour. heavy NZ losses in Battle for Crete